Voices of Immigrant Survivors of Abuse (VISA)

This morning three of our staff members, myself, Lora Llenado, and Ingrid Grobey, attended the newly reinstated monthly VISA meeting at Safe Place. This was the first meeting in some time and a great deal was discussed. PAPA (i.e., Ingrid and Lora) is taking leadership of the group, including administrative duties, and so anyone or any organization interested in participating should feel free to direct inquiries our way.

BT

December with PAPA

Dear Friends:

December is upon us, the year winding down, and -- oddly enough -- we continue to be busy!

The latest, most interesting projects we've launched are:

1) A PAPA photo exhibit (clients and their stories) to be held at a local Austin venue sometime in 2007, and

2) A short film on the work PAPA does and the clients we serve.

Met with the filmmaker on Friday and it sounds like the project will be lots of fun and, hopefully, bear many returns. I'll be heading out to take my first client photo and, as an amateur photographer, am very excited. If any of you have ideas for venues or know someone who might be interested in helping us with enlargements and framing, please let us know. We might also be able to have a "virtual" photo exhibit for people who are unable to go to the real thing. All in the works, all TBA.

So, very best wishes for a productive December. The OOVC continues to work on pro bono materials and would like to thank all of our current pro bono attorneys and volunteers for their exceptional work and generosity.

Saludos,

Brenna Troncoso